L'Age d'Or (1930) ~ Movie Review

Having determinedly avowed that Un
Chien Andalou, his previous
collaboration with co-writer and
surrealist artist Salvador Dali, meant
nothing at all, Luis Bunuel declared
that this second surrealist outing was
"a desperate and passionate call to
murder". He certainly got his wish, as
the film caused riots when it premiered
in Paris and was eventually banned at
the insistence of the French fascists
for 49 years.

Exploring the themes that
would sustain his entire career, Bunuel
mercilessly pillories the bourgeoisie,
with virtually every scene touching on
the conflict between sexual desire and
religious and political repression. The
satire is both erotic and hilarious and
still has the power to provoke.

Bunuel's fingerprints are all over the script which makes one wonder just how much Dali contributed.